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ICE raids to take place in Aurora

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may show up in Aurora this week – as early as tomorrow morning.

Three sources familiar with ICE told NBC News that federal enforcement agencies are targeting three U.S. cities per week for large-scale immigration arrests. 

The operation would be the third by ICE this week. Over the past few days, ICE has made arrests in Chicago and New York City, joined by: U.S. Marshalls; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the FBI, among others.

The City of Aurora released a statement on Tuesday announcing that they are not involved in “the activation of such plans,” adding that officials are following the Colorado state law that prohibits local governments from engaging in “typical” immigration-specific enforcement.

Earlier this week, DEA agents detained more than 40 people – including suspected Tren de Aragua members – during a raid in Adams County. Many of them had undocumented status.

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Department of Education to investigate DPS over all-gender restroom

The U.S. Department of Education will investigate Denver Public Schools (DPS) because of gender-inclusive bathrooms.

The focus is on East High School, which opened an all-gender, multi-stall restroom at the beginning of this semester.

News of the investigation was delivered in an email to DPS superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero, written by Acting Assistant Secretary at the Office for Civil Rights Craig Trainor.

In the letter, Trainor says the department will investigate to find out if the restroom “discriminates against students on the basis of sex,” which would violate Title IX. He noted that the district allegedly installed two other all-gender restrooms at Denver School of the Arts and CEC Early College.

In a separate news release, Trainor said that “it is a new day in America,” and that under president Trump his office will not tolerate discrimination of any kind.

The all-gender restroom replaces a girls restroom on the second floor.

East High School reassured on its website that each stall is built for privacy and comfortability, and designed to provide a safe restroom for those who may feel uncomfortable in gender-specific facilities.

In a statement to Denver 7, the district called the investigation “unprecedented.”

One Colorado, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, also told Denver7 that they don’t understand how the bathrooms could be deemed exclusionary – and that it would be more exclusive to say all students don’t deserve a restroom that they feel safe to use.

Trainor said that the Office for Civil Rights will begin the investigation within the week.

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Trump attempts to freeze federal funding, leaving Colorado officials scrambling

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s attempts to pause federal funding for loans and grants. Many local governments, schools, and nonprofits across the country rely on this funding to stay up and running.

While the funding freeze is paused until next Monday, Colorado officials are nonetheless scrambling to prepare for the worst. Much of the state’s $40 billion budget – as well as it’s hospitals, universities, early childhood programs, research labs, and other agencies and groups – rely on federal funding for day-to-day operations.

By the end of yesterday, state officials had already joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging Trump’s action. That’s according to The Denver Post.

Governor Jared Polis, who The Post says has had an open-minded approach to the new Trump administration, called the funding freeze “chaotic” and wishes for the action to be reversed urgently, before too much damage is done to people and businesses.

Though Trump administration officials said programs that provide direct assistance to Americans – like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, student loans, and food stamps – wouldn’t be affected, Medicaid reimbursement portals were inaccessible across the country yesterday.

Trillions of dollars are at stake. Grants that have been awarded but not yet spent are also supposed to be halted, if they might violate one of Trump’s executive orders.

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Colorado bill that will be sale of semi automatic guns clears the first hurdle toward legislation

The Colorado bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of semi automatic weapons with detachable magazines will advance to the full Senate, after an eight-hour hearing yesterday.

The Senate State, Military and Veteran Affairs Committee voted 3-2 along party lines to advance Senate Bill 3. The hearing drew hundreds of spectators to the state Capitol to testify.

SB3 targets many semi automatic rifles, shotguns, and pistols that can accept detachable magazines. If the bill passes, these weapons would only be able to be sold and manufactured in Colorado if the magazines are permanently fixed and hold a maximum 15 rounds of ammunition.

Those opposed to the bill, including some county sherrifs, argued yesterday that it would infringe on Coloradan’s Second Amendment rights.

SB3, if passed, would be one of the most wide-reaching gun restrictions in the country.

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